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Notwithstanding her masters’ pretence that they had bought her with their money, and owned her soul, yet she had wealth, which, though all the earth were “one entire and perfect chrysolite,” it could not buy.
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Editor's note · Context
Mann emphasizes the intrinsic worth of a person that cannot be bought, regardless of their circumstances.
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